Norman Mailer (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)
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Beginning with The Armies of the Night, Norman Mailer published several works that cross the conventional boundaries of fiction and nonfiction: a “novel biography,” Marilyn; a “true life novel,” The Executioner’s Song; and an “imaginary memoir,” Of Women and Their Elegance. Because of his sophisticated handling of style, structure, point of view, and characterization, much of Mailer’s journalism and reportage approaches the novel’s complexity of language and form: Miami and the Siege of Chicago: An Informal...
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